Mani Obeya
Training as part of the Dance Academy Camp SOLID GROUND
"Vibrant Movement Class"
July 30 - August 3
11.30 - 13.00 H
Professionals
Studio E
In English/German
Mani Obeya’s class will stern from a simple Yogic warmup into a vibrant movement class with emphasis on connecting the body with intention, supported by rhythm play and maybe a little song.
Mani is a Nigerian born, British raised dancer, singer/songwriter and choreographer. Mani was a soloist at the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg, Nationaltheater Mannheim and UnterwegsTheater Heidelberg. After working four years with TTW – Tanztheater Wien under the direction of Liz King, he became a soloist at the Volksoper Wien where he danced and co-choreographed until 2003. In 2006, he became a guest performer with The Forsythe Company; in 2004, a member of Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in Ireland with which he toured worldwide for more than a decade. Mani has been Michael Keegan-Dolan’s rehearsal director for several years.
Currently, he is a choreographer with D.ID Dance Identity, a platform for choreographic research and movement-based art in the Burgenland, works internationally on diverse youth programmes and creates work with asylum seekers recently arriving in Austria.
The trainings within the Dance Academy Camp SOLID GROUND are only open to professionals. A corresponding proof must be submitted when registering. The number of places available is very limited.